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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
5
American troops described as the new American army have arrived in the British zone in northern France and are training with British forces. They are not detachments from Pershing’s forces but part of a broader U S troop movement forecast by Premier Lloyd George.
Paris reports allied governments have arranged entente military cooperation to meet dangers threatening Far East peace from German penetration. Washington says the plan, initially limited to Japan and China, is defensive, aiming to safeguard Manchuria with a view to possible Siberian extension.
In May near the front, soldiers describe sandbags as essential gear with many official and unofficial uses. They serve for fortifications and trench work and as rations bags, clothing patches, dugout linings, and mufflers. They also become gaiters, blankets, helmet covers, rifle covers, and even pajamas for cold billets.
The humanities include languages, grammar, philosophy and poetry within elegant learning. The ancient classics are part of this study, aiming to humanize individuals and cultivate faculties that define a cultured person in social and moral relations.
When linoleum wears, apply prepared liquid wax with a woolen cloth. Rub with a damp woolen underwear pad as if scrubbing, then dry polish until it shines. Restores faded colors and can be done daily after the first wax application using a waxed cloth on a mop handle.
Amsterdam dispatches report the franchise bill with a single vote per person passed in the lower house on its third reading. Poles social democrats and progressives opposed it. The house adjourned until June 4.
A 400 year old Indian swallow stick is described as a cure all in ceremonies. Priests reportedly thrust the stick down the birth canal to induce a purge and remove impurities from the body.
Any young farmer called for army service may advertise crop for sale free of charge in the Ada News. Ads can run daily or weekly to reach buyers during service.
A compact classifieds notice invites readers to use want ads for quick results. It promotes advertising services to connect buyers and sellers efficiently within the local market.
Washington reports from the Army Medical Department detail studies on trench foot, a frost bite-like condition worsened by cold and war conditions. Excessive tobacco use and tight footwear are blamed. early treatment heals, but delays can require amputation. Preventive tips include avoiding sudden warming and keeping feet warm and dry with proper circulation.
Paris reports l Homme Libre says the United States will send 1.5 million fighting men to France by year end 1918. The plan requires a vast support force with at least two million specialists in quartermaster and other departments.
Rome May 16 report says an Austrian Viribus Unitis class battleship of about 20 000 tons was torpedoed by Italian naval forces in Pola harbor early Tuesday. Italian units slipped past patrol boats and searchlights to reach the base and attack.
London reports arrests of Sinn Fein President Edward de Valera Sinn Fein founder Arthur Griffith Countess Markiewicz Dr Dillon and William Cosgrave member of Parliament for Kilkenny per an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Dublin. Shortt announces discovery of a German plot involving Irish persons and proclaims drastic treason measures.
Telegram from J L Johnston praises Pontotoc county for surpassing its Red Cross quota by May 14 1918 noting Ada Oklahoma and Pontotoc as leaders and promising full list publication Monday or Tuesday from Fund Campaign Manager J M Wintersmith in Ada.
Rudyard Kipling, touring the British Isles, urged Americans to buy War Savings Stamps. He framed the conflict as a fight for the lives of all people under German domination and emphasized victory through continued war effort.
B. H. Frick reports the Ice Manufacturers of Oklahoma have reached an agreement with the railroads on ice rates after a federal injunction prompted a rate increase. The dispute was reviewed by the corporation commission, yielding a compromise that spares small towns without factories from heavy charges.
Bert Ackins charged with assault with attempt to rape was given a preliminary hearing before Justice Brown this morning. Bond fixed at $2000, not yet posted. The alleged offense occurred near Stonewall on the 10th, with the wife of a serving soldier as the witness.
Washington reports 100000 hospital beds will be available for American soldiers after the Army Medical Corps completes its construction program. Current figures show 62959 beds ready across National Army and National Guard base hospitals and related institutions, with a rise of over forty percent expected.
The county exemption board has been directed to send three carpenters to the cantonment at Jacksonville, Fla., in a few days. David Lane, J. H. Easley and J. O. Vernon have been designated by the board as the men to go.
Price of cane seed set at 3.75 per bushel by W. C. Rollow with a date notation 5-9-4tw indicating posting or record.
Pontotoc county price committee at its latest meeting named fair prices for common staples. The group includes J. M. Stanfield J. W. Balthrop J. M. Wintersmith M. M. Cotton and C. C. Stout with J. J. Holden as executive secretary and Orel Busby as county administrator. Meetings occur Mondays at 1 30 in Holden's office over Farmers State Bank and are open to merchants or interested residents.
Washington announces May 18 to June 5 as the registration window for youths who turned 21 since last year’s draft. Some 800000 men are expected to be available for service as preparations near completion and quarterly registrations are planned during the year starting June 5.
El Paso May 18 sugar smuggling into Mexico rises as a wartime item on the American embargo list along with lard flour and butter. Smugglers exploit easy transport and high resale with hides of Mexican brides and women wearing bustles kerosene cans and milk cans repurposed to conceal sugar. Authorities report repeated discoveries of hundreds of pounds hidden in concealed pockets petticoats waistlines and other containers as border traffic flourishes.
London reports Colonial Institute release detailing a British 28 man naval expedition that cleared German forces from Lake Tanganyika. The flotilla sailed 8,000 miles by sea and 3,500 by land, endured 100 degree heat, and faced three German vessels including the Kingani, Hedwig von Wissmann, and Graf von Gotzen, each defeated or sunk with the first captured enemy ensign in the war.
After injury, obtain Chamberlain's Liniment at once and follow the printed directions that accompany the bottle.
An old newspaper snippet notes cane seed priced at 3.75 per bushel with a line mentioning W. Cc. Roliow and the date 5-9-4tw. The fragmentary item provides limited contextual details beyond the price and names.
President Wilson renewed his fight against Senator Chamberlain's war inquiry resolution. He told Senator Thompson that the amended measure remains objectionable as it would authorize a drag net investigation by the Senate Military Committee. He warned Senator Martin that passage would be a vote of no confidence in his administration.
Missouri reports show flour use slashed by 50 to 75 percent. County food administrators note pledges to avoid wheat flour until harvest. In Hermitage corn bread and cane sugar alternatives rise, Lawrence County grocers sell more corn meal relative to wheat flour. Southwest City reports flour sales down about one hundred percent.
Amsterdam reports Berlin claims Napoleon Bonaparte was German based on a Prussian anthropologist Otto Hauser. He cites supposed traits such as hair color and facial features and misreads Napoleon’s heritage as German through etymology and ancestry terms.
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